Serious Money - Wikipedia Serious Money From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Jump to navigation Jump to search satirical play by Caryl Churchill Serious Money Written by Caryl Churchill Music by Ian Dury Date premiered 1987 Place premiered Royal Court Theatre London, England Original language English Subject The world of arbitrageurs, junk bonds and greenmail, white knights and corporate raiders Genre Comedy, satire Setting 1980s, London and New York Serious Money is a satirical play written by Caryl Churchill first staged in London in 1987. Its subject is the British stock market, specifically the London International Financial Futures and Options Exchange (LIFFE). Often considered one of Churchill's finest plays along with Cloud 9 (1979) and Top Girls (1982), it is notable for being largely written in rhyming couplets. Contents 1 Plot summary 2 Productions 3 Awards and nominations 4 Notes 5 References 6 Further reading 7 External links Plot summary[edit] The plot follows Scilla and Jake who are enjoying the pleasures and the comforts of the upper class. But the story climaxes when Jake Todd turns up murdered during the first few scenes due to his underground trading. Scilla takes it upon herself to find her brother's killer and the money he was dealing. She later finds out that he was being investigated by the Department of Trade and Industry. Though she does not find the killer, she finds the American business woman Marylou Banes with whom Jake was dealing. Marylou Banes offers her a fresh start. The story takes place around the stock market troubles in Britain. Aside from that a second story follows Billy Corman's and Zac Zackerman's attempt to take over the Albion company from Duckett. In between this takeover Corman attempts to get Jacinta Condor and Nigel Ajibala [who are the foreigners with an interest in his takeover] to buy shares in his company. They support Corman but decide to give their bid to Duckett in the end. The plot ends with Greville Todd in jail, Corman appointed as a Lord, and Scilla happily working for Marylou Banes. Productions[edit] Serious Money was developed at the Royal Court Theatre in London, directed by Max Stafford Clark. It opened in March 1987 and was an immediate hit. After its initial engagement it transferred to Wyndham's Theatre in the West End, where it enjoyed an extended run. Serious Money was produced on Broadway, opening on February 9, 1988 at the Royale Theatre. Some changes were made for the Broadway run, including a reference to the stock market crash of 1987. The show closed after 21 previews and 15 performances. The play has fared better at American regional companies, such as the Berkeley Repertory Theatre in California. A successful revival was given at the U.K.'s Birmingham Repertory Theatre in 2009. On July 31, 2010 Serious Money opened at the Shaw Festival in Niagara-on-the-Lake, ON, directed by Eda Holmes.[1] A run of Serious Money was put on by students of Bristol Old Vic Theatre School at Circomedia, Portland Square from 7 November 2013 until 16 November 2013. Awards and nominations[edit] Awards 1987 Laurence Olivier Award for Best New Play 1988 Obie Awards Best New American Play Notes[edit] ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2010-07-24. Retrieved 2010-07-30.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) References[edit] Gussow, Mel (10 February 1988). "The Stage: Serious Money". New York Times. Retrieved 2008-09-21. Rich, Frank (4 December 1987). "The Stage: Serious Money". New York Times. Retrieved 2008-09-21. Further reading[edit] Churchill, Caryl (1987). Serious Money: A City Comedy (First ed.). London: Methuen. ISBN 0-413-16660-0. External links[edit] Serious Money at the Internet Broadway Database Serious Money at the Internet Broadway Database Serious Money at the Internet Off-Broadway Database Awards for Serious Money v t e Laurence Olivier Award for Best New Play 1976–2000 Dear Daddy (1976) The Fire that Consumes (1977) Whose Life Is It Anyway? (1978) Betrayal (1979) The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby (1980) Children of a Lesser God (1981) Another Country (1982) Glengarry Glen Ross (1983) Benefactors (1984) Red Noses (1985) Les Liaisons Dangereuses (1986) Serious Money (1987) Our Country's Good (1988) Racing Demon (1989/1990) Dancing at Lughnasa (1991) Death and the Maiden (1992) Six Degrees of Separation (1993) Arcadia (1994) Broken Glass (1995) Skylight (1996) Stanley (1997) Closer (1998) The Weir (1999) Goodnight Children Everywhere (2000) 2001–present Blue/Orange (2001) Jitney (2002) Vincent in Brixton (2003) The Pillowman (2004) The History Boys (2005) On the Shore of the Wide World (2006) Blackbird (2007) A Disappearing Number (2008) Black Watch (2009) The Mountaintop (2010) Clybourne Park (2011) Collaborators (2012) The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time (2013) Chimerica (2014) King Charles III (2015) Hangmen (2016) Harry Potter and the Cursed Child (2017) The Ferryman (2018) The Inheritance (2019) Leopoldstadt (2020) v t e Obie Award for Best New American Play The Blacks (1961) Who'll Save the Plowboy? (1962) Six Characters in Search of an Author (1963) Home Movies (1964) The Old Glory (1965) The Indian Wants the Bronx (1968) What the Butler Saw (1970) The Basic Training of Pavlo Hummel (1971) Bad Habits / The Hot l Baltimore / When You Comin' Back, Red Ryder? (1973) Short Eyes (1974) For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide / When the Rainbow Is Enuf (1975) Sister Mary Ignatius Explains It All For You (1979) FOB (1980) Cloud 9 (1982) Spunk (1989) Floyd Collins / Love! Valour! Compassion! (1995) How I Learned to Drive / Rent / The Vagina Monologues (1996) Golden Child / Hedwig and the Angry Inch (1998) Bug / The Romance of Magno Rubio (2003) A Very Merry Unauthorized Children's Scientology Pageant (2004) Ruined (2009) Circle Mirror Transformation and The Aliens (2010) The Elaborate Entrance of Chad Deity (2011) 4000 Miles (2012) Detroit / Grimly Handsome (2013) Appropriate / An Octoroon (2014) Hamilton (2015) Guards at the Taj (2016) Underground Railroad Game / Oslo (2017) Describe the Night (2018) What the Constitution Means to Me (2019) Retrieved from "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Serious_Money&oldid=991673843" Categories: 1987 plays English plays Broadway plays Plays by Caryl Churchill West End plays Off-Broadway plays Obie Award-winning plays Laurence Olivier Award-winning plays Hidden categories: CS1 maint: archived copy as title Articles with short description Short description is different from Wikidata Articles with IBDb links Navigation menu Personal tools Not logged in Talk Contributions Create account Log in Namespaces Article Talk Variants Views Read Edit View history More Search Navigation Main page Contents Current events Random article About Wikipedia Contact us Donate Contribute Help Learn to edit Community portal Recent changes Upload file Tools What links here Related changes Upload file Special pages Permanent link Page information Cite this page Wikidata item Print/export Download as PDF Printable version Languages Français Italiano Edit links This page was last edited on 1 December 2020, at 07:05 (UTC). Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License; additional terms may apply. By using this site, you agree to the Terms of Use and Privacy Policy. Wikipedia® is a registered trademark of the Wikimedia Foundation, Inc., a non-profit organization. Privacy policy About Wikipedia Disclaimers Contact Wikipedia Mobile view Developers Statistics Cookie statement